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Deployment of VMware ESX 2.5 Server Software on Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers

Overview The purpose of this paper is to provide best practices for deploying VMware ESX 2.5 Server Software on Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers. This paper describes various configurations that are possible when installing VMware ESX 2.5 Server Software on Dell PowerEdge 1855 Blade Servers. Advantages and disadvantages for each configuration along with the steps to install are detailed in the paper.

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Publisher	Dell	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	January 2005	Downloads	1935
Format	White Papers
Topics	Blades

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